{"id":9100,"date":"2016-09-05T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=9100"},"modified":"2016-09-07T17:39:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T12:09:03","slug":"suicideprevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/suicideprevention.html","title":{"rendered":"Suicide is #NotAnOption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life is fragile.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the many ways in which life can come to an end, taking your own life is perhaps the most unfortunate. What\u2019s worse, is that it\u2019s also one of the leading causes of deaths in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every year, over 800,000 people commit suicide. That is one suicide every 40 seconds. And for every committed suicide, there are 4-5 times more failed suicide attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Suicide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

There are many causes to Suicide and we as a community will need to work on all of those areas respectively. And it starts with spreading a simple message. No matter how hard it gets; No matter how helpless you may feel; Know this –<\/p>\n

Suicide is #NotAnOption<\/b><\/p>\n

In the lead up to World Suicide Prevention Day we at YourDOST will aim to spread this message to a million people. Through our work, we will try and reduce suicides in the world. And you can help too!<\/span><\/p>\n

You can do the following things –<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Learn about the signs that could help you identify suicidal tendencies. Following <\/span>blog post<\/b><\/a> by our expert would be a great starting point for the same.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. If you identify someone with suicidal tendencies, don\u2019t hesitate to talk to them about it. Point them to a suicide helpline as soon as you can.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. If not any of this <\/span>\n
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    1. Go to this page – <\/span>https:\/\/yourdost.com\/suicidePrevention<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Enter your email ID (for communication on further initiatives) <\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Tweet a message against Suicide with this hashtag\u00a0 – <\/span>Suicide is #NotAnOption<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Share this page in your social networks so more people do the same.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In the last 5 years, suicide rates have increased by up to 60\u2105. Suicide can be easily prevented and all it takes is a little awareness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      Do your bit\u00a0by\u00a0\u00a0clicking on this link – I Pledge to Spread Awareness on\u00a0Suicide Prevention\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

      We are privileged to have partnered with WittyFeed<\/a>\u00a0for spreading awareness for this campaign. If you wish to spread awareness\u00a0about this campaign,\u00a0Go to the following link: Suicide\u00a0Prevention<\/a><\/strong> and Share\u00a0an encouraging message to the world.\u00a0The person\u00a0whose message gets the maximum\u00a0appreciation (counted by\u00a0reshares\/ likes) will get a Happiness Box from Innerchef<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Life is fragile. Of the many ways in which life can come to an end, taking your own life is perhaps the most unfortunate. What\u2019s worse, is that it\u2019s also one of the leading causes of deaths in the world. Every year, over 800,000 people commit suicide. That is one suicide every 40 seconds. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-9100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression-and-bipolar-disorder","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}